Midolle, Jean
Ecritures Ancienne Volume 1 of the Oeuvres De Jean Midolle
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original binding of brown marbled paper boards with an all-over green design. There is a large printed paper label with the title inset in an elaborately lithographed Gothic style frame. Tan paper covered spine of dark green cloth. The edges of the covers have a little wear. Inside there is an elaborately detailed title-page followed by 32 of 40 numbered plates. No evidence of plates being removed, as binding still very tight, but normally with 40 plates. All plates are black & white lithographs showing an amazing variety of typefaces and alphabets. Many are composed out of very imaginatively worked animals, plants, people or inventions forming the letters. A classic of this genre, here an incomplete copy with various faults, such as browning, tiny foxing, and 2 instances of later careful coloring of initials on different plates. Quite rare in the original binding. Large oblong folio, 11" high X 13 1/2" wide. Call or e-mail for digital photos. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Artemide Litech
Richard Sapper 40 Progetti Di Design 1958-1988
This is a very good softcover copy of this exhibition catalog with only light wear. Completely clean inside, slight blemishes to front cover. Spine not creased. Text in Italian. Summary in English. Captions for all 40 objects in English. Illustrated throughout with full-page black & white photographs. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 67 pages. A very nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gregor, Joseph and Rene Fulop-Miller
Wiener Szenische Kunst. Band II. Das Buhnenkostum
This is a good hardcover reference copy in faded blue cloth, the hinges repaired with linen tape. Very clean inside, both text and plates. Text in German. This is volume 2 of Gregor's 4 volume work on the theater. This subject of this volume is costume, its' historical, aesthetic and psychological aspects. 146 pages of text + 259 illustrations, including 4 color plates. Folio, 12" high X 8" wide. A good serviceable reference copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Nuzzi, Cristina
Franco Maria Ricci Publisher and Designer Includes Brochure.
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Very clean inside and out. This exhibition and catalog was organized by Nuzzi. The exhibition traced the development of Ricci as a graphic designer, art director and art publisher. This copy has a brochure "FMR librerie. Listino 1991", tipped-in to the front endpaper. The brochure lists all his publications up to that point. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Large folio, 13" high X 10"wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rozier
Meubles Rozier 1935
This is a good only reference softcover copy of this trade catalog, with light wear to the covers and some pencil notations and drawings inside. Also laid-in are 2 price lists and two lists of the pieces in the plates. Sections of the catalog are loose. About 30 plates in both color and black & white, showing individual pieces and room settings. Oblong folio, 9' high X 12" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Levy, Emile
Art et Decoration. Revue Mensuelle D'Art Moderne January Through December 1913
This is a very good hardcover bound volume of the year 1913 of this most important French periodical about both the fine and decorative arts. Text in French. Very clean inside. Several old page tears and repairs. Bound in red marbled-paper boards with a red leather spine with gilt titles and raised bands. Printed on fine paper with extraordinary color illustrations. Green silk page-mark. Also monochrome illustrations. Articles by the team of editors, which at that time included Guillame Janneau, Roger Marx and M.P.Verneuil among several others. The first half of the book, Tome 33, includes articles on modern design, a review of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs by M.P.Verneuil, also by Verneuil articles on pillow designs with decorative motifs by M.Dufrene and Paul Follot, also the Theatre de la Champs-Elysees, an article on the Japanese graphic designs, also an article on the Hokusai, and modern furniture design in wicker, among much else. The second half of the book, Tome 34, articles by M.Dufrene on modern chair design, an article by Andre Salmon on Rembrandt Bugatti, a review of the Leipzig Architecture Exhibition of 1913, an article on George Lepape with several designs in color including one on a special paper heightened in gilt. 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 400 pages total. A very beautiful production. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Center for Book Arts
Latin American Book Arts
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text by Brian Hannon, Executive Director of the Center for Book Arts. Introduction in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Text for individual entries in English and either Spanish or Portuguese depending on the language of the artist. About 40 artists represented in this exhibition catalog. With 1 black & white illustration for each artist. Most of the works were for sale with prices indicated. 10" high X 8" wide. A very nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Vienna. NO Landesmuseum
Das Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs 2.Teil 1880-1916 Glanz und Elend
A very good softcover copy, of this 2 volume set, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a small (quarter sized) stain to part of a text page in volume 1(Beitrage). Spines not creased. Text in German. An exhibition catalogue of turn of the century Austria, centered on the period of the Kaiser Franz Josephs. Essays by two dozen scholars. All the arts both fine and decorative are covered. Profusely illustrated in black & white + 99 color plates: 24 works in volume 1 and 75 works in volume 2 are shown in color. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 343 & 375 pages. Overall, very good set. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rot, Dieter
Books and Graphics (Part 1). Collected Works Volume 20
This is very good softcover copy, with light wear and soil. Text in German and English. This is volume 20 in the multi-volume series of his complete works. Illustrated in color and black & white. 4to, 9" high X 7" wide, 223 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bojani, Gian Carlo e Ivana Anconelli
Arte e Ceramica in Laboratorio
A near fine softcover copy. Spine not creased. Completely clean inside, light soil outside. Text in Italian. A survey of mostly modern pottery made in the Italian town of Faenza, where the word 'faience' comes from. Profusely illustrated in black & white. With each potter getting a page or two on which we see examples of his work with a brief biography or curriculum vitae. Over two dozen different potters. 10" high X 7" wide, 120 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Yao, Takeo
Package Design in Milan
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, Japanese and Italian. Essays by Aldo Colonetti, Gio Rossi, Maurizio di Robilant, Hiromitsu Kawai, Toshiyuki Kita, and Kouichi Obata. This book is the fifth in the series which presented package design in New York, Paris, London, and Tokyo. Some of the designers and companies covered are Mario Craighero, Design Group Italia, Maurizio di Robilant & Associati, Image Plan International, Giorgio Macchi, Armando e Maurizio Milani, Franco Gaffuri Agenzia di Grafica, Studio GBR, Pentagono, Studio Pisati Grafica e Pubblicita, Signo, Unimark International, AB Visual & Partners and VU. Illustrated throughout in color, with many examples of each designer or studio. Company index. 12" high X 9" wide, 175 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Robinson,W.Heath
Some Frightful War Pictures
This is the "Popular Edition". 24 black and white plates (one is tipped-on the front cover). This is a very good softcover copy, in stiff orange card covers, with just light wear to the covers and corners. The plates have a little wear, but are clean. 12.5" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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ID Magazine
ID January/February 1988 Design Ettore Sottsass Milan. Volume 35, Number 1
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear to the cover edges. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. This issue has a feature on the Milanese master, Ettore Sottsass. Richard Horn wrote the article which included a rare interview with Sottsass. Sottsass was 70 at the time, and Horn asked him to reflect back on the origins of Memphis. Illustrated in color. Also a feature on Milan's annual Furniture Fair by Robert Janjigian. 7 pages of Sottsass, 8 of Milan's Furniture Fair. 11" high X 8" wide, 94 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Kita,Toshiyuki
Movement as Concept
This is a near fine softcover copy in a very good dust jacket, with almost no wear. Signed and inscribed by Kita to a friend. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Japanese, with a few sections in Italian. Essays by Mario Bellini, Cristina Morozzi, Hiroshi Awatsuji, and Alfredo Pizzo Greco. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 166 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bock, Elfried
Geschichte Der Graphischen Kunst Von Ihren Anfangen Bis Zur Gegenwart
Text in German. Sections on European prints of the 17th century, 18th century, 19th century and the early 20th century. This is one of the classic surveys of print-making. 121 page text and 35 tipped-in color prints on heavy black stock, and hundreds of black & white illustrations. Another volume in the interesting series published by Propylaen Verlag. 10" high X 8" wide, 716 pages. This is a very good hardcover copy in green paper-covered boards, black leather spine with gilt titles. The cover edges are a little worn, but the inside text pages and especially the plates are fresh and clean. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Voronov, N.and E. Rachuk
Soviet Glass Verre Sovietique Sowjetisches Glas
This is a very good hardcover copy in pictorial glazed boards with just a little wear to spine tips and corners. Very clean inside and out. Text in English, French and German. Most of the works illustrated were made in the post World War II period: the 1950's and 60's. Biographical notes on all artists. Bibliography. 107 full-page color and black & white plates. Appendix on the history of national art glass in Russia. 11" high X 7" wide, 178 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre De Creation Industrielle
Vingt-Cinq Ans d'Elegance a Paris 1925-1950
This is a very good softcover copy in a lightly chipped glassine wrapper. Completely clean inside and out. Glassine chipped mostly away on the spine. Text in French. This book looks at French haute couture during the second quarter of the 20th century. Lavishly illustrated with tipped-in color plates and black & white illustrations including photogravures of artistic and fashion personalities of the era. Many photographs of Paris fashions of the period. Original designs by Christian Berard for Schiaparelli, and the theater. Section on surrealism and fashion. Full page color plates by Dufy, Benito, Berard, Dior and Gruau. The last section is reserved for full-page color and black & white ads, including works by Cassandre, Vertes, Berard, etc. 14" high X 10.5" wide 111 pages + 50 pages of advertisements. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Chatterton, E. Keble
Ship-Models (Salesman's Sample)
This is a very good copy of this salesman's sample of the book about to be published, Chatterton's classic Ship-Models. The portfolio has red marbled paper-covered boards and green cloth spine and corners. It contains a four page (folded) prospectus for the book, complete with order form. Also a printed, perhaps typed, list of 43 plates titled "Quaint Ships of Various Nations and Periods". 43 black & white photographic plates of ship models, printed on heavy card stock. Portfolio ties defective. Also laid-in is an early review of the book. 10.5" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Paris. Exposition Universelle International 1900
Musee Retrospectif De La Classe 13. Librairie, Editions Musicale, Reliure, Journaux, Affiches
This is a very good softcover copy in the printed soft card covers with a glassine wrapper, though just the front panel and spine of the wrapper survive. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. This catalog was prepared by the Comite d'Installation for the Exposition International in Paris in 1900. This section contained books, musical works, bindings, newspapers and posters. Well illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 7.5" wide, 139 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Whistler, Laurence
Engraved Glass 1952-1958
This is a very good hardcover copy in an about very good dust jacket with light wear. The jacket is price-clipped and a bit worn at the spine tips. The book is made of polished white cloth boards with a gilt ruled design on the front cover, also a tipped-on black & white photo of one of the glasses. Black cloth spine gilt title. Very clean inside and out. Top page-edge gilt. 38 text pages + 88 full-page black & white plates of engraved glasses. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Maybon, Albert
Le Theatre Japonais
This is a very good softcover copy in the original printed pale green card wrappers with light wear. The cover is toned and a small chip off the top right front corner and bottom of the spine. Top corner also bumped. Very clean inside. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with 64 plates + 40 figures in the text. 10.5" high X 8" wide, 140 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Shimuzu, Fumio
The Italian Interior
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Front blank endpaper excised. Text in English and Japanese. The book was co-ordinated by Shimuzu, Studio Matteo Thun and Maurizio Favetta. This survey highlights the work of 50 leading Italian designers. Illustrated in mostly color and also black & white vintage photographs. Thumbnail biographies of all the designers. Each designer given at least a page many several pages of photographs of their interior designs. 12" high X 9" wide, 254 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Maresova, Sylva
Czech Stage Costumes/ Le Costume de Tcheque de Theatre
This is a good only softcover reference copy of this scarce exhibition catalog. Covers and first and last pages faintly stained, this affects some images. This catalog was produced to accompany the exhibition of Czech stage and theatrical costume at the Prague Theater Institute in 1972. Brief introductory text in English and French. Brief notes on the 40 costume designers whose work is in the exhibition. Black & white illustrations on almost every page. About 75 pages. 13" high X 6" wide.
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Ginisty, Paul
Le Theatre de la Rue
This is a very good copy in a portfolio with pictorial, paper-covered boards and silk tie, containing a text booklet and 24 loose plates. Light soil to the boards. Very clean inside. One of the plates is hand-colored, the rest reproduced in a sepia monochrome. The 61 page text booklet discusses the emergence of street theater in France, beginning with the medieval mystery plays and surveying its' development down through the 19th century. 9.5" high X 7" wide. A charming work. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Morris,William
The Revival of Art in Craft
This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear. Very clean outside. Inside generally clean, except for light tan stains to the top page-edge. This is also visible on the first and last pages (title-page and a blank). This reprint of essays originally printed in the late 19th century was done by the Curwen Press. 6" high X 8" wide, 38 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pollak, Elsa
Elsa Pollak Exhibition of Ceramic Sculpture
This is a good softcover copy with creased covers. Very clean inside and out. Text in English and Hebrew. Text by Kurt Goebel. Illustrated in black & white and color with 10 photographs of Pollak's ceramic sculptures, many of them resembling Italian 1950's tall thin ceramic vases. 8" high X 6" wide, 1 text page + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Baum, Julius
Farbige Raumkunst. Dritter Band. 120 Entwurfe Moderner Kunstler
This is a very good hardcover copy in brown paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine and title label printed in black and gilt to the front cover, and gilt title on the spine. A few small stains, but generally clean outside. A few small foxing marks inside, but also generally clean throughout. This volume in the series introduced by Julius Baum. Text in German. The designs are all printed in color. 120 full-page color plates show early 20th century modernism, but vary in style from Secession and Wiener Werkstatte designs to more traditional settings. The designers include Bruno Paul, August Dietterle and Walter von Nessen among many others. 12" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gardner, Paul V.
The Glass of Frederick Carder
This is an about very good hardcover copy in a like dust jacket. The book is very clean throughout, but the back board is stained on the outside. And there is a gift inscription on the inside front cover, in the upper left corner (mostly hidden by jacket flap). The jacket has a few chips to the edges. Now in an acetate protector. Text by Gardner. Introduction by Paul N. Perrot. Glossary. Bibliography. Over 7,000 illustrations including 400 photographs with 32 full-page color plates showing 80 pieces. The rest of the illustrations are black & white photographs, and profiles or line drawings of the shapes of pieces. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 373 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gardner, Paul V.
The Glass of Frederick Carder
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The book is very clean throughout. There is a name on the inside front cover. The jacket has a small chip to the rear top corner. Now in an acetate protector. Text by Gardner. Introduction by Paul N. Perrot. Glossary. Bibliography. Over 7,000 illustrations including 400 photographs with 32 full-page color plates showing 80 pieces. The rest of the illustrations are black & white photographs, and profiles or line drawings of the shapes of pieces. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 373 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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School of Applied Art
Bound Volume of 18 Issues of the School of Applied Arts Magazine
This is a bound volume of 18 issues of the School of Applied Art's journal with only light wear. The black cloth covers with gilt title "Commercial Art" very clean and unmarked. Inside very clean too. Each issue with a different title. All issues have illustrations in black & white. Some issues have tipped-in color plates, fold-outs. One issue has an original photograph tipped-in. 8" high X 5.5" wide, each issue 20 to 30 pages. All covers bound in. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tardy
Les pierres précieuses. Les pierres dures. Les perles. L'ambre - L'écaille - L'ivoire et la répression des fraudes
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Sections on pearls, precious stones and jade. Illustrated in black & white. 8.5" high X 5.5" wide, 675 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Filler, Martin
Frank Gehry: New Bentwood Furniture Designs
This is a very good hardcover copy in black cloth, title in silver on the spine. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. This catalog was prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts in the fall of 1992. Illustrated throughout in black & white with some color, photographs and drawings of Frank Gehry's bentwood furniture designs. 23 works in the exhibition. Checklist. Essay by Martin Filler. 8" high X 6" wide, 111 pages.
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Thomov, Evtime
Art Graphique Bulgare: La Gravure
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Short crease to the margin or edge of about 20 plates, not affecting image. Text in French. Scarce history of Bulgarian graphic art from the middle ages to the modern period. Illustrated in black & white with a number of tipped-in color plates. List of plates identifies each artist, medium, and size.13" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tajan
Fonctionnalisme & Modernite en France 1945- 1975
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on February 28, 2006. The sale consisted of modern French furniture and smaller decorative arts designed between 1945 and 1975. It includes the work of over 60 French modernist designers. Works by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve, Louis Sognot, Alexandre Noll, Pierre Guariche, Boris-Lacroix, Jacques Adnet, and many other less well known but quite interesting designers. Text in French. 314 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color, also a number of vintage black & white photographs showing the work during the period. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 152 pages.
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Christie's
Designed by Architects Important Works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Others From an International Private Collection
This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear, a vertical crease near the spine. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London on November 6, 2002. Sale code: SPOOK-6690. The sale consisted of important furniture designed mostly by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Essay by Roger Billcliffe. Mackintosh Chronology. 71 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Many with lengthy entries. Several fold-outs. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 161 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Honour, Hugh and Nelly Schargo Hoyt
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This general survey covers European and American cabinet makers from the 16th century to the mid 20th century. From Jacques Androuet de Cerceau to Charles Eames. 32 color plates + 230 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 320 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Segal, Lasar
Lasar Segal Cenografo
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Portuguese. Illustrated throughout in color, 78 color plates + many smaller illustrations in black & white including vintage photographs. Biographical sketch. Bibliography included in notes to the essay.
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María Fernanda Palacios, María Eugenia Mier y Terán, Ernesto J. Guevara, and Yolanda Pantin
Jugando Con Tierra. La Vida En El Arte De Maria Luisa Tovar
This is a very good softcover copy in stiff gray illustrated boards. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared for the exhibition of the ceramic works of Maria Luisa Tovar (1902- 1992). Text in Spanish with English summary at the end. Essays by Maria Fernanda Palacios, Ernesto J. Guevara, and Yolanda Pantin. Illustrated in color throughout. Many large or full-page color plates. List of 184 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in color in thumbnail images in the section 'Referencias y Bibliohemerografia'. 11" high X 9" wide, 419 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Museum of Contemporary Art
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear to the covers. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Essay by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. Selected bibliography. Lists of books by artist. List of films by artist. Articles and statements by artist. Illustrated in black & white and color. 4to, 10" high X 7" wide, 64 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artcurial
Maria Pergay Provenant des Collections Gourgaud
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on May 24, 2011. Text in French. Essay by Cecile Tajan. The sale consisted of furniture designed by Maria Pergay and commissioned by the Baron and Baroness Gourgaud in the 1970's. 24 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Also a number of color photographs of the original room settings in the Gourgaud house. Price estimates for each lot but no prices realized sheets. 11" high X 9" wide, 54 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artcurial
Mad in U.S. A.
This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on June 17, 2008. The sale consisted of all mid-20th century American design. It featured Charles Eames and Gerorge Nelson, and included works by dozens of other designers. 217 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 2 pages of photographs of maker labels. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 112 pages. A beautiful unused copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artcurial
INTERIEURS du XXe. Art Deco- Important Ensemble de Leleu
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, but a few hammer prices marked in. This is an sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on October 3, 2006. Sale no. 01051. This sale consisted of art deco and other modern design and featured a large ensemble of works by Jules Leleu from one private residence. (30 lots). 472 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 9" wide, 116 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Beaussant Lefevre
Objets d'Art et de Bel Ameublement dont Bel Ensemble par Marcel Coard
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Drouot in Paris on March 15, 2006. The sale featured an ensemble of fine French furniture by Marcel Coard (20 pages on M.C.) All lots illustrated in color. also several black & white illustrations of Coard room settings. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Ketterer Kunst
Spielkarten Vom Jugendstil Zum Art Deco
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on November 8, 1997. Sale number: 215. The sale consisted of a collection of playing cards, decorated in modernist styles. The collection belonged to Dr. Uwe-Volker Segeth. 121 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 7" wide. Price estimates for each lot, but no prices realized sheets.
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Wright Galleries
Circa 70
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Wright Galleries in Chicago on December 6, 2005. The sale consisted of modern design circa 1970, both European and American. The sale included: Paul Evans, Maria Pergay, Bernard Quentin, Gabriella Crespi, Maison Jansen, Vladimir Kagan, Verner Panton, Jacques Charpentier, Karl Springer, among many others. 126 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide.
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Sotheby's
Un Interieur Parisien des Annees 30. 22 novembre, 2011
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby'd in Paris on November 22, 2011. Sale code: PF1126 "DOMINIQUE". Text in English and French. The sale consisted of a single family private collection of French furniture designed by Michel Roux-Spitz (1888- 1957) in the 1930's. The family originally moved into the famous building at 115 Avenue Henri Martin, itself an art deco masterpiece also designed by Michel Roux-Spitz in 1929- 31. The furniture in the collection was originally designed for this residence by the architect and designer, and also Domnique who probably supervised the interior decoration. Several vintage photographs of the original residence. Also color photographs of the second residence the family moved to in 1970. The French designer Patrick Naggar supervised this move and installation. 63 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Color photographs of the collection in situ at the second residence. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 92 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Bunker, George R.
Alexey Brodovitch and His Influence
This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear. The black wrappers are sun faded. A small scraped area on the top of the front cover, probably a sticker removal. No other marks. Completely clean inside. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Philadelphia College of Art following Brodovitch's death in 1971. George Bunker, Director of the College, tracked Brodovitch down in the south of France during his last few years and engaged him in this last project. Statements of appreciation by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bob Cato, Art Kane, Bruce Davidson, Ted Croner, Hiro, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Brassai, Arnold Newman, Eugene Berman, Marvin Israel, Diana Vreeland, and Frances McFadden. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. List of works in the exhibition. 14" high X 10" wide, 48 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Eliens, Titus M.
Modern glas in Nederland 1880-1940 / Modern Glass in the Netherlands. 1880-1940
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Dutch. Modern Glass in the Netherlands 1880-1940 offers a comprehensive view of late 19th and early 20th-century advances in Dutch art glass. Illustrated in color and black & white. At least 100 photographs of individual pieces and groups of art glass. Some pages from vintage manufacturer catalogs reproduced also. Index of designers and manufacturers. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 163 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
The World's Fair Collection of Alfred Heller
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is a sale catalog for the Alfred Heller collection of World's Fair memorabilia. 217 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. The collection is about the history of world's fairs and has material from the European as well as American fairs. The sale was on Tuesday October 11, 2005. Prices realized sheets laid in. 10" high X 8" wide, 82 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Strauss, Monica
Art of the Bauhaus: Artists and Publications
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Helen Serger/La Boetie in New York in the spring of 1982. Essay by Monica Strauss. Illustrated in color and black & white. 9" high X 7" wide, 60 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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